815 F. Supp. 2d 176 - Earle v. Holder’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
9 district ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 552A (§ 3 of the Privacy Act of 1974)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics · Erickson v. Pardus · Turner v. Safley
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Having exempted its records from the substantive provision regarding the agency's recordkeeping obligations, BOP effectively deprives litigants of a remedy for any harm caused by the agency's substandard recordkeeping.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Sellers directive to verify easily verifiable information in BOP records, ... as it was decided before [BOP] exempted the relevant system of records from the accuracy provision”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“was decided ... four months before BOP's regulation exempting its inmate files from the Privacy Act's accuracy and damages provision went into effect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.